AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Security Specialist - Security Ops Analyst

AMERICAN SYSTEMS$132K — $221K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in relevant field with 10 years of experience; or bachelor's degree plus 14 years of experience.
  • Specialized experience in business modeling and simulation.
  • Experience presenting to flag officers and interfacing with senior leaders.
  • Minimum three years of general security experience.
  • Experience in Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments.
  • Proven ability to facilitate communication across government, contractors, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings and reports.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze security workflows and performance data to identify operational issues.
  • Develop business models and simulations to inform security planning.
  • Evaluate processes to detect bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
  • Prepare analytical reports and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Maintain datasets and documentation for recurring security analysis.
  • Coordinate with teams to validate data and interpret findings.
  • Monitor outcomes of implemented changes to assess performance and risk reduction.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
  • Paid leave.
  • Retirement plans.
  • Insurance programs.
  • Education and training assistance.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

As The Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst, you will:

  • Apply structured analysis, business modeling, and process evaluation to improve security operations and leadership decision-making.
  • Examine workflows, workloads, performance data, trends, dependencies, and recurring issues across multiple security areas.
  • Develop analytical products that strengthen situational awareness, identify opportunities for improvement, and support planning, prioritization, and resource decisions.
  • By combining security-domain knowledge with quantitative and qualitative analysis, the Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst helps leaders understand operational conditions and evaluate potential courses of action.
  • Maintain defensible methods, communicates findings clearly, and tracks whether recommended changes produce the intended operational results.
Essential Responsibilities:
  • Analyze security workflows, workload data, performance indicators, trends, and recurring operational issues.
  • Develop business models, simulations, scenarios, and other structured analyses to support security planning and decisions.
  • Evaluate process effectiveness and identify bottlenecks, control gaps, resource constraints, and improvement opportunities.
  • Prepare analytical reports, visual summaries, briefings, decision papers, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Maintain data sets, assumptions, methodologies, and supporting documentation used in recurring security analysis.
  • Coordinate with security specialists and operational teams to validate data, interpret findings, and assess practical effects.
  • Monitor implementation outcomes and measure whether approved process changes improve performance or reduce risk.
  • Provide timely analytical support for emerging requirements, leadership data calls, and operational planning activities

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Qualifications
  • Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
  • Specialized experience with business modeling and simulation
  • Specialized experience with flag-officer level briefings and senior-level interface
  • Three years’ general security experience
  • Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.

 

 

Pay Transparency StatementAMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $132,500.00/Yr. - USD $221,300.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

About AMERICAN SYSTEMS

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a government IT solutions provider. The Company provides solutions in national security, healthcare, and public sector markets. Its services include acquisition and lifecycle support, enterprise IT, healthcare IT, intelligence analysis, and training and simulation. The Company's customers include the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
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1975

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